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. >>> the pentagon has come a long way from don't ask don't tell. this summer gay and wlez bee an troops will be saluted marking gay pride month. >>> a george washington university study suggests the obama's family dog, bo, may be a political liability. the study concludes pets frolicking on the white house lawn in hard times isn't a good image. >>> jon bon jovi helped the president raise money, so he joked to extra he wants a cabinet position. secretary of entertainment. >>> usher, jessica alba in a campaign to create one million new national service jobs to address youthen employment. >>> iced tea offered an interesting political theory on the "today" show. he argues rap opened up white people to the idea of voting for someone like president obama. >>> and finally, remember this guy? mc hammer. he's performing at a san francisco fund-raiser for house minority leader nancy pelosi. and as you can see from this tweet, the two are already best of friends. and this is your morning's dish of scrambled politics. >>> elsewhere, the farm bill being conside
. >>> the pentagon has come a long way from don't ask don't tell. this summer gay and wlez bee an troops will be saluted marking gay pride month. >>> a george washington university study suggests the obama's family dog, bo, may be a political liability. the study concludes pets frolicking on the white house lawn in hard times isn't a good image. >>> jon bon jovi helped the president raise money, so he joked to extra he wants a cabinet position. secretary of...
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in the space between 2014 and 2024, jack, no matter what the administration says, no naert what the pentagon says, it's just an advisory role, just training, there will be american lives in harm's way. >> oh, you can bet. that will be absolutely certain. and, in addition to that, we're going to have support troops of all types and varieties around afghanistan. and don't forget in southwest asia we're actively involved in other places other than afghanistan, in yemen, for example, in northeast africa, in the central african republic. all for the same purpose. so americans are going to be in harm's way against muslim revolutionaries for some time to come. getting people out by 2014? that's just the beginning, quite frankly. >> the goal all along here and now continues to be to create a stable afghanistan, a place we can leave and not have to worry about another threat coming to the united states from. is it your belief, jack, based on history, based on what you know of the circumstances in afghanistan today, that that's a possibility, even 2024, which will be 23 years after the attacks of sept
in the space between 2014 and 2024, jack, no matter what the administration says, no naert what the pentagon says, it's just an advisory role, just training, there will be american lives in harm's way. >> oh, you can bet. that will be absolutely certain. and, in addition to that, we're going to have support troops of all types and varieties around afghanistan. and don't forget in southwest asia we're actively involved in other places other than afghanistan, in yemen, for example, in...
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the associated press says that message has been passed to both the white house and the pentagon. israel says there's less chance the u.s. would be blamed for failing to stop an attack if american officials don't know it's going to happen. still the warning underscores a sharp divide between the two allies over the best ways to rein in iran's nuclear ambition. netanyahu arrive mis-washington next week for talks about president obama. the white house meanwhile is brushing off suggestions that a new spike in attacks has undermined the u.s. led mission in afghanistan. critics of the decade long war are calling on president obama to speed up the time line for withdrawal. follows a recent surge of violence aimed at u.s. troops and advisers after nato mistakenly burned copies of the koran. in several cases those revenge attacks were carried out by afghan forces who turned their guns on coalition forces. despite the events, the american strategy in afghanistan remains the same. >> hethese are isolated inciden which does not mean they're not terrible and are being investigated by both the
the associated press says that message has been passed to both the white house and the pentagon. israel says there's less chance the u.s. would be blamed for failing to stop an attack if american officials don't know it's going to happen. still the warning underscores a sharp divide between the two allies over the best ways to rein in iran's nuclear ambition. netanyahu arrive mis-washington next week for talks about president obama. the white house meanwhile is brushing off suggestions that a...
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given all of that, what is the pentagon doing -- what does the pentagon do faced with the situation where the american people are shown to not want major cuts to the defense department, given that you have ray odierno, and secretary leon panetta out there talking about this and how bad it is going to be, what do you do when you have an intransigent congress? >> we have to try to work closely with congress to try to push through a comprehensive deal on the budget. we shouldn't be at this point right now facing the prospect of sequestration. this is too important not just for the us mills tri but the entire federal budget. the secretary has made clear we need to have a national conversation and an honest and genuine one about the entire budget and we need to continue to work hard to talk to congress and talk to the american people about what the effects of the cuts will be. we're prepared to do our fair share. we're already taking nearly $500 billion off the top over the next ten years. we can't afford another five to $600 billion. that is the problem. we need to get through this. >> i ment
given all of that, what is the pentagon doing -- what does the pentagon do faced with the situation where the american people are shown to not want major cuts to the defense department, given that you have ray odierno, and secretary leon panetta out there talking about this and how bad it is going to be, what do you do when you have an intransigent congress? >> we have to try to work closely with congress to try to push through a comprehensive deal on the budget. we shouldn't be at this...
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unveil his new military strategy aimed at cutting the pentagon's budget. the president acknowledged the new military whethill be leaner insisted no less meaner. >> the united states will maintain our military superiority with forces that are agile, flexible and ready for the full range of contingencies and threats. >> reporter: a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan zapped the military and sent pentagon spending soaring, up 71% in the past ten years. a bill that defense secretary leon panetta says the nation can no longer afford. >> all of this at a time when america faces a serious deficit and debt problem at home. a problem which is, itself, a national security risk squeezing both the defense and domestic budgets. >> reporter: to cut the military's budget will take a major shift in strategy. u.s. forces will focus on deterring a growing threat from china in the asia pacific region, conduct smaller counter insurgency operations with u.s. special forces elsewhere, and no longer attempt to fight two major ground wars at the same time. >> i'm uneasy about r
unveil his new military strategy aimed at cutting the pentagon's budget. the president acknowledged the new military whethill be leaner insisted no less meaner. >> the united states will maintain our military superiority with forces that are agile, flexible and ready for the full range of contingencies and threats. >> reporter: a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan zapped the military and sent pentagon spending soaring, up 71% in the past ten years. a bill that defense secretary...
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they want more than the pentagon. the pentagon is going don't give us this and they are keeping a straight face going we have to do this while we're going to decimate very critical social policies in this country. >> with the contraception issue and health care, how are they ever going to fix that? >> i don't think they can. i think this shows the extent to which the tea party has damaged and overtaken, really consumed the republican brand. they have to keep pleasing the base even though the primary is over. they are supposed to be tacking to the middle to try to attract independents. they can't get off that message and neither can mitt romney. >> the contraception debate is an intra-catholic debate. this is about two different wings of the catholic church taking semiconservative position and very conservative position. the republicans are unwilling to put the flag in the ground and say this isn't right. it isn't good or fair. >> it's because they are riding the tiger and the tiger starting to eat them. >> they can't
they want more than the pentagon. the pentagon is going don't give us this and they are keeping a straight face going we have to do this while we're going to decimate very critical social policies in this country. >> with the contraception issue and health care, how are they ever going to fix that? >> i don't think they can. i think this shows the extent to which the tea party has damaged and overtaken, really consumed the republican brand. they have to keep pleasing the base even...
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the pentagon program, as far as i can tell, has a budget. we know what the budget is. we know how many planes there are, where they're operated out of and largely they're used for our soldiers who are on the ground in places is my understanding. >> right. potentially regular artillery. but the cia program is they don't even -- the government will not acknowledge it exists. >> it's the biggest absurdity right now. he said the drone was the only game in tone. this is sort of fun. after i did this story, i got an e-mail from the administration who says why didn't you call for comment about this. i said it's a secret program. i'm going to call to comment on a so-called secret program that you're doing. but this also leads it open to manipulation, political manipulation, right? the government releases and leaks things when they want to say something. when there's any kind of independent inquiry, they can shut it down. >> the google plus video chat that he acknowledged for the first time, the classified drones program, why did he do that? >> i'm sorry, can you be more specif
the pentagon program, as far as i can tell, has a budget. we know what the budget is. we know how many planes there are, where they're operated out of and largely they're used for our soldiers who are on the ground in places is my understanding. >> right. potentially regular artillery. but the cia program is they don't even -- the government will not acknowledge it exists. >> it's the biggest absurdity right now. he said the drone was the only game in tone. this is sort of fun....
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on the pentagon's rathdar? it's risky. your son is still captured. >> the government seemed to decide now -- >> it wasn't the government -- >> it's not a story. look, this is not a story the pentagon want to tell. you know? >> and then you mentioned one of the factors, the discomfort here, because of the, what happened that led him to leave the base. and you know, i do want to pivot and move the conversation to the subject of soldier suicides which is -- a staggering statistic out today. basically, in the first 155 days of the year there have been more soldier suicides, the number of soldier suicides exceeded the number of combat troop deaths in afghanistan. the toll that it's taken on the men and women that are fighting overseas it is staggering isn't even -- i've used that word once, but it is dramatic and not something we talk about, and bergdahl is a result of the stresses placed and soldiers. >> whether than say he's not patriotic, this or that. young men in very stressful situation. extremely stressful, they have dif
on the pentagon's rathdar? it's risky. your son is still captured. >> the government seemed to decide now -- >> it wasn't the government -- >> it's not a story. look, this is not a story the pentagon want to tell. you know? >> and then you mentioned one of the factors, the discomfort here, because of the, what happened that led him to leave the base. and you know, i do want to pivot and move the conversation to the subject of soldier suicides which is -- a staggering...
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held a news conference at the pentagon, and he announced there a new overall national plan for defense. reducing the size of the military not back to where it was before the iraq and afghanistan wars but back toward that. reducing the defense budget not back to where it was before the iraq and afghanistan wars but at least to start to slow that budget's extortionate growth. >> over the past ten years, since 9/11, our defense budget grew at an extraordinary pace. over the next ten years the growth in the defense budget will slow, but the fact of the matter is this. it will still grow. because we have global responsibilities that demand our leadership. in fact, the defense budget will still be larger than it was towards the end of the bush administration. and i firmly believe, and i think the american people understand that we can keep our military strong and our nation secure with a defense budget that continues to be larger than roughly the next ten countries' combined. >> this new plan the president announced today at the pentagon also entails what i think is an important demotion, a
held a news conference at the pentagon, and he announced there a new overall national plan for defense. reducing the size of the military not back to where it was before the iraq and afghanistan wars but back toward that. reducing the defense budget not back to where it was before the iraq and afghanistan wars but at least to start to slow that budget's extortionate growth. >> over the past ten years, since 9/11, our defense budget grew at an extraordinary pace. over the next ten years...
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a huge increase that the pentagon says it does not want. it's been called a force-feeding plan for the pentagon. the romney/ryan spending plan here. but last night martha raddatz's questioning and joe biden's badgering got paul ryan to disavow this plan altogether saying he does not want an increase at all despite the fact it is what he and mr. romney has been campaigning on. paul ryan broke new ground on saying how and why he and mitt romney would overturn roe v. wade and make abortion criminal. his issue on rape in particular has people going nuts today for obvious reasons. we'll be covering that in future shows. joe biden also dipped paul ryan in tar and rolled him in feathers on the issue of the stimulus. and mr. ryan's supposed principles on that issue. we talked about that moments ago with chris hayes. but there are two things that i think are hugely important to the presidential campaign that happened last night. two things that i, frankly, never thought we would get to. and that we got to and, boy, howdy, is this new territory. firs
a huge increase that the pentagon says it does not want. it's been called a force-feeding plan for the pentagon. the romney/ryan spending plan here. but last night martha raddatz's questioning and joe biden's badgering got paul ryan to disavow this plan altogether saying he does not want an increase at all despite the fact it is what he and mr. romney has been campaigning on. paul ryan broke new ground on saying how and why he and mitt romney would overturn roe v. wade and make abortion...
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chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski joins us now. does this make it more likely that north korea will carry out a nuclear test to prove. >> u.s. military and intelligence officials are trying to figure out exactly why that missile failed. less than 90 seconds after launched, it just broke art. some believe there may have been an explosion or as it pratted from the first is taken to the second stage, something went wrong. it broke into pieces and fell harmlessly into the yellow sea just west of the korean peninsula. you know, this is the fourth such missile launch that just was an abject failure by the north koreans. so i think the united states is breathing a little easier today about the potential long-range missile threat to the united states that north korea has apparently been pursuing. that doesn't diminish the threat to the local area, the south koreas and japans. but nevertheless, there is concern because there have been indications that the north koreans have been preparing an underground nuclear test which would be about the
chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski joins us now. does this make it more likely that north korea will carry out a nuclear test to prove. >> u.s. military and intelligence officials are trying to figure out exactly why that missile failed. less than 90 seconds after launched, it just broke art. some believe there may have been an explosion or as it pratted from the first is taken to the second stage, something went wrong. it broke into pieces and fell harmlessly into the yellow...
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so now, a little ahead of schedule, the pentagon has announced that the surge into afghanistan is over. there have been as many as 100,000 americans in afghanistan it is now down to 68 thousand which frankly is still a huge number. especially when you consider how little political attention those 68,000 americans get. the war in afghanistan isn't an issue mostly because of the one of the two sides did not want to talk about it. it didn't come up in his speech because it wasn't just a laundry list of issues, it was for things that he thinks are important. as in not the war. so our war is not a major issue in our presidential race and that is a convenient reason to never really talk about it. there's one thing i want to point out and it is a small thing but i think it illustrates an important and widely misconstrued, misunderstood thing about what americans care about and what politicians might find really rewarding to talk about. and frankly, what the media might find if we all chose to cover this more. the war, the people fighting and war and how those people get treated when they come
so now, a little ahead of schedule, the pentagon has announced that the surge into afghanistan is over. there have been as many as 100,000 americans in afghanistan it is now down to 68 thousand which frankly is still a huge number. especially when you consider how little political attention those 68,000 americans get. the war in afghanistan isn't an issue mostly because of the one of the two sides did not want to talk about it. it didn't come up in his speech because it wasn't just a laundry...
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or six hours of pentagon spending. but the fact that we're focusing on that underscores the things that weren't picked up in what romney said. in preparing for this show, i notice the something i hadn't noticed before. romney said in the debate, i'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high-income people. that's exactly what george w. bush said in the 2000 debate. you can cut rich people's taxes by a whole lot of money and still have them pay the same share of the total. so that's what he was really saying. he said he's going to cut everybody's taxes by 20%. and then he said in the debate, we're not going to have tax cuts that add to the deficit. if this is math, it's math on meth. it just doesn't add up at all. and i think that's the issue that has to be raised over and over again. and then big bird is really a good illustration of how, in addition to the tax cuts and military spending, all he talks about is big bird and has to be turned on him. >> in terms of the way the president tried to make that case du
or six hours of pentagon spending. but the fact that we're focusing on that underscores the things that weren't picked up in what romney said. in preparing for this show, i notice the something i hadn't noticed before. romney said in the debate, i'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high-income people. that's exactly what george w. bush said in the 2000 debate. you can cut rich people's taxes by a whole lot of money and still have them pay the same share of the total. so that's...
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that position on the part of the pentagon or dod puts mayors in a tough spot. do you disregard what the federal government has said to you? i think what needs to happen is the federal government or the pentagon needs to change their position and make it okay for cities, if they want it to do this, to do this. i think really, really i believe very strongly if mayor bloomberg got a green light, we would have a parade as quickly as we had this one. >> the mayor is choosing between the generals and grunts. it's a tough position to be in. >> it is, it is. if you have to make a choice, you need to go with the veterans, but i think the pentagon needs to change it it to a green light so there isn't that difficult position. >> christine quinn, i can't believe eve never been here before. >> i know. >> will you come back? >> absolutely. >> even if if you're not in giants paraphernalia. >> i won't be. i can assure of you that. >> there could be another super bowl win. i'm just saying. >> please keep us aapprised, and i'd love to follow this. >> i know it means a lot to the
that position on the part of the pentagon or dod puts mayors in a tough spot. do you disregard what the federal government has said to you? i think what needs to happen is the federal government or the pentagon needs to change their position and make it okay for cities, if they want it to do this, to do this. i think really, really i believe very strongly if mayor bloomberg got a green light, we would have a parade as quickly as we had this one. >> the mayor is choosing between the...
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and so now two weeks after the court ruled, the pentagon has announced that they will build a database of major military awards that people can check. the military times has been doing this anyway unofficially as a labor of love for years, thanks mostly to one devoted archivist named doug sterner. but now prompted by doug sterner's private example and the stolen valor case, in a supreme court ruling that said, hey, this would solve the problem, the defense department is finally going to do it, officially. and that feeling you're having right now is the venn diagram overlap between i'm so glad they're doing this and i can't believe they didn't do this before. that sweet spot is called, good news, our country is fixing a problem that needs fixing in a way that makes sense to fix it.
and so now two weeks after the court ruled, the pentagon has announced that they will build a database of major military awards that people can check. the military times has been doing this anyway unofficially as a labor of love for years, thanks mostly to one devoted archivist named doug sterner. but now prompted by doug sterner's private example and the stolen valor case, in a supreme court ruling that said, hey, this would solve the problem, the defense department is finally going to do it,...
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a little before the enof the month the pentagon has announced the surge into afghanistan is over. there had been as many as 100,000 americans on the ground. now it's down to 68,000 which is still a huge number especially when you consider how little political attention those 68,000 americans get. our ongoing war in afghanistan is not much of an issue because one of the two sides doesn't want to talk about it at all. the war mr. romney said did not come up in his speech because the speech wasn't just a laundry list of issues. it was for things he thinks are important as in not the war. our war is not a major issue in the presidential race. that's a convenient reason not to talk about it even with 68,000 americans there risking their lives every day. there's one thing i want to point out but it's important. it's a misunderstood thing about what americans care about and what politicians might find really rewarding to talk about and frankly what the media might find if we chose to cover this more. the war, people fighting the war and how those people get treated when they come home. h
a little before the enof the month the pentagon has announced the surge into afghanistan is over. there had been as many as 100,000 americans on the ground. now it's down to 68,000 which is still a huge number especially when you consider how little political attention those 68,000 americans get. our ongoing war in afghanistan is not much of an issue because one of the two sides doesn't want to talk about it at all. the war mr. romney said did not come up in his speech because the speech wasn't...
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at the pentagon, joint chiefs chairman mike mullen said for him, repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" is all about integrity. >> it's fundamentally against everything we stand for as an institution to force people to lie about who they are just to wear a uniform. >> reporter: so has this year changed the lives of those serving our country? "don't ask, don't tell" forced many men in the military to live in the shadows. now lbgt service members can serve openly. coming out, as you might imagine, still a difficult decision for many troops. randy phillips an active duty airman in the air force. on the eve of the appeal he came out to his dad and essentially to the world in an emotional call on youtube that went viral. >> i don't get it. i always have been -- i've known since forever, i wanted to tell you in person, but -- i didn't want you to find out any other wa way. >> okay. >> you still love me? >> i still love you, son. >> randy phillips joins me now live via skype from outside the air base in germany where he is currently serving. good afternoon to you, sir. >> thanks, craig. good afte
at the pentagon, joint chiefs chairman mike mullen said for him, repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" is all about integrity. >> it's fundamentally against everything we stand for as an institution to force people to lie about who they are just to wear a uniform. >> reporter: so has this year changed the lives of those serving our country? "don't ask, don't tell" forced many men in the military to live in the shadows. now lbgt service members can serve openly....
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he may be replaced by john kerry or chuck hagel or top pentagon official, ashton carter or michelle flouryon. the special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan, mark grossman, the man that took over after richard holbrooke died. he too is stepping down from that onvy to afghanistan and pakistan. hillary clinton may be replaced by susan rice or somebody else. hillary clinton says she, herself, will not be staying on for the second term. so if you just want to focus on the war for a second, it is all change in terms of the leadership for the top officials in year 12 of america's longest war. all change for everybody in top roles there except for the president and the vice president and the 66,000 americans who are still in afghanistan fighting that war. america's war in afghanistan is not due to end this year or next year. it is not due to end until the end of the year after that, at the end of 2014. that's the date by which president obama says the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan will end. it seems important to note that that is the latest possible date by which the president says the combat m
he may be replaced by john kerry or chuck hagel or top pentagon official, ashton carter or michelle flouryon. the special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan, mark grossman, the man that took over after richard holbrooke died. he too is stepping down from that onvy to afghanistan and pakistan. hillary clinton may be replaced by susan rice or somebody else. hillary clinton says she, herself, will not be staying on for the second term. so if you just want to focus on the war for a second, it is all...
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the house of representatives just voted to rescind billions of dollars in automatic cuts to the pentagon budget that are due to hit next january. the vote was 218-199 along party lines. the republican measure would replace those cuts with more cuts to domestic programs including food stamps, meals on wheels, and children's health care. nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell joins us. that was one of the headlines there. that these are now more cuts to domestic program. tell me about what's going on there. >> the battle here is a question about should the defense cuts that were part of that big deal from last summer that set budget limits, should those go forward. when have been a lot of people including leon panetta who has expressed concern about the military. they have to plan so far in advance that spending cuts that would kick in in january 2013 they believe would be harmful to military preparedness. the hard part is everybody made that agreement, both parties, last summer. do they stick to it or do they not particular to it? on the senate side, the majority leader harry
the house of representatives just voted to rescind billions of dollars in automatic cuts to the pentagon budget that are due to hit next january. the vote was 218-199 along party lines. the republican measure would replace those cuts with more cuts to domestic programs including food stamps, meals on wheels, and children's health care. nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell joins us. that was one of the headlines there. that these are now more cuts to domestic program. tell me...
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now a little ahead of schedule, before the end of the month, the pentagon has announced that the surge into afghanistan is over. there had been as many as 100,000 americans on the ground in afghanistan. now it is down to 68,000 which, frankly, is still a huge number. especially when you consider how little political attention those 68,000 americans get. our ongoing war in afghanistan is not much of an issue in this all-consuming presidential race. mostly because i think one of the two sides just doesn't want to talk about it at all. the war, mr. romney said, did not come up in his speech accepting the presidential nomination of his party because the speech, he said, wasn't just a laundry list of issues, it was for things he think are important. as in not the war. our war as a country is not a major issue in our presidential race. that is a convenient reason to never really talk about it, even with 68,000 americans still risking their lives there every day. there is one thing i want to point out, a small thing. i think it illustrates an important and widely misconstrued, misunderstood t
now a little ahead of schedule, before the end of the month, the pentagon has announced that the surge into afghanistan is over. there had been as many as 100,000 americans on the ground in afghanistan. now it is down to 68,000 which, frankly, is still a huge number. especially when you consider how little political attention those 68,000 americans get. our ongoing war in afghanistan is not much of an issue in this all-consuming presidential race. mostly because i think one of the two sides...
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says the exact amounts lost to fraud and abuse can never be known, because of bad recordkeeping by the pentagon and other agencies of the u.s. government. >>> the boy scouts of america is reaffirming its policy of banning gays after a two-year review. the group's controversial exclusion of gays was strongly criticized by gay rights activists. >> penn state could have its football program shut down by the ncaa due to the school's actions in the jerry sandusky sex abuse case. the department of education is also investigating whether penn state violated federal campus safety law. >>> the food and drug administration has approved a new weight loss drug. the fda cleared qsymia for adults who are obese and have high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol. >>> and an iceberg twice the size of manhattan has separated from a glacier in greenland reportedly due to warmer ocean temperatures. the 48 square mile chunk of ice is the second major piece of the glacier to split off in the past three years. >>> now here's your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. former presidential ca
says the exact amounts lost to fraud and abuse can never be known, because of bad recordkeeping by the pentagon and other agencies of the u.s. government. >>> the boy scouts of america is reaffirming its policy of banning gays after a two-year review. the group's controversial exclusion of gays was strongly criticized by gay rights activists. >> penn state could have its football program shut down by the ncaa due to the school's actions in the jerry sandusky sex abuse case. the...
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that $450 million is about what the pentagon spends every six hours. >> six hours. to be clear, mr. romney and mr. ryan's idea for the deficit to save the country from fiscal disaster and pay for the stuff they want to do that's really expensive, their plan is to eliminate six hour's worth of defense spending. one-fourth of one day's worth of defense spending. at the same time, to make overall defense spending go like this. because, you know, they are the numbers guys. math. want your best rest ever? then don't miss sleep train's best rest event. you'll find sleep train's very best mattresses at the guaranteed lowest price. plus, pay no interest for 3 years on beautyrest black, stearns & foster serta icomfort even tempur-pedic. and rest even better with sleep train's risk-free 100-day money back guarantee. get your best rest ever from sleep train. superior service best selection lowest price guaranteed. ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> i just find it troubling that the president's message -- the president's focus -- 28 days from election day is b
that $450 million is about what the pentagon spends every six hours. >> six hours. to be clear, mr. romney and mr. ryan's idea for the deficit to save the country from fiscal disaster and pay for the stuff they want to do that's really expensive, their plan is to eliminate six hour's worth of defense spending. one-fourth of one day's worth of defense spending. at the same time, to make overall defense spending go like this. because, you know, they are the numbers guys. math. want your...
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that position on the part of the pentagon or dod puts mayors in a tough spot. do you disregard what the federal government has said to you? i think what needs to happen is the federal government government or the pentagon needs to change their position and make it okay for cities if they want to do this to do this. i really believe strongly if mayor bloomberg got a green light we would have a parade as quickly as we had this one. >> he is in the midst of choodsing between the generals and the grunts. it is a tough choice. >> if we have to make a choice i think we should go to the veterans speaking for themselves but the pentagon needs to change it to a green light so there isn't a difficult position. >> i can't believe you have never been here before. thank you for being here. will you come back. >> absolutely. >> even if you are not in giants paraphernalia. >> i will never be in giants paraphernalia. >> might be another giants win. >> i can assure you. >> thank you for doing that. i know it means a lot that you have taken this on so seriously. appreciate it. >
that position on the part of the pentagon or dod puts mayors in a tough spot. do you disregard what the federal government has said to you? i think what needs to happen is the federal government government or the pentagon needs to change their position and make it okay for cities if they want to do this to do this. i really believe strongly if mayor bloomberg got a green light we would have a parade as quickly as we had this one. >> he is in the midst of choodsing between the generals and...
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sons and daughters, children, relatives who showed up at shanksville to honor their loved one or the pentagon today with the president, getting out of bed this morning is a difficult proposition. not to mention going to a memorial ceremony because today is as raw a day for them as it was the day it happened. my father understands that having lost my mother and my sister, and, you know, everyone watching, everyone watching has experienced some form of a tragedy in their lives, and my father -- my father's never forgotten that, and that's what you see in his ability to talk to folks today in somerset county in pennsylvania and empathize and connect to what their loss is. he doesn't -- what i think he talked about today was hopefully one day they will be able to think of their loved one and smile a smile for them before a tear forms. and i have heard my father talk to so many people over so many years, first responders, the families of those killed in action in iraq and afghanistan, law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, people killed in tragic accidents, and i have seen my father
sons and daughters, children, relatives who showed up at shanksville to honor their loved one or the pentagon today with the president, getting out of bed this morning is a difficult proposition. not to mention going to a memorial ceremony because today is as raw a day for them as it was the day it happened. my father understands that having lost my mother and my sister, and, you know, everyone watching, everyone watching has experienced some form of a tragedy in their lives, and my father --...
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the spy who loved me or the dirty dozen or body heat or the year of living dangerously or the love pentagon or how paula got her groove back. something. we'll figure it out. but you get steve buscemi to play general petraeus. he's got the look and this way of giving you a deep inner sliminess. the paula broadwell role is so juicy. you know who has to win, angie jolie. the sex appeal, the toughness. can't you see the scenes of her and the general running through the mountains of afghanistan during which they find a cave and do some cardio. back at home we see the wife, holly petraeus, played by kathy bates. we get bruce willis to play general allen because his entrance makes the story even more bizarre. and to play jill kelley, the hot wife who unnerved the tough broadwell and made an fbi agent go mad and called the fbi launching the whole investigation i would would point back to her, we get, yep, kim kardashian. so what if she can't act. no one can resist her. a general is sending her thousands of e-mails, the sfib sending her shirtless photos, and who will play him, that fbi agent? that's
the spy who loved me or the dirty dozen or body heat or the year of living dangerously or the love pentagon or how paula got her groove back. something. we'll figure it out. but you get steve buscemi to play general petraeus. he's got the look and this way of giving you a deep inner sliminess. the paula broadwell role is so juicy. you know who has to win, angie jolie. the sex appeal, the toughness. can't you see the scenes of her and the general running through the mountains of afghanistan...
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even though it was supported by the obama administration and by the bush administration and by the pentagon and by the navy and by republicans you might have heard of named henry kissinger, george schultz, colin powell, condoleezza rice. their arguments were no match in the senate for the conspiracy theorists who told republican senators they ought to vote against this thing because, you know, black helicopters or whatever, one world government. occasionally, the conspiracy theories on the right travel even further than to the main stream of republican politics as they did on that issue today. occasionally, the far right conspiracy theories that animate your crazy uncle who watches fox news all day, occasionally, they escape our borders which is when it starts to hit the fan, and that's what just happened. that's coming up. stay with us. >>> if we exclude people in prison and we exclude people who are not well known, people who are not famous. a universe of people in this country who are well known people and who are not incarcerated, of that universe of people, if you were running for offi
even though it was supported by the obama administration and by the bush administration and by the pentagon and by the navy and by republicans you might have heard of named henry kissinger, george schultz, colin powell, condoleezza rice. their arguments were no match in the senate for the conspiracy theorists who told republican senators they ought to vote against this thing because, you know, black helicopters or whatever, one world government. occasionally, the conspiracy theories on the...
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the white house off attending several events to mark the anniversary of 9/11, including a visit to pentagon and walter reed. >>> joe biden was in shanksville, pennsylvania, at the memorial for victims aboard flight 93. >>> breaking news. according to a report, an american at benghazi, libyan is dead after an attack by armed mob. so far this has not been confirmed by nbc news. back to "hardball ". >>> when congressman ryan looked into that tv camera and attacked president obama's medicare savings as, quote, the biggest, he stopped to slide into depression, we made the long road to recovery and we've got the building blocks of a modern, new, different economy. that was former president bill clinton campaigning for president obama today. fresh off his show-stopping performance at the democratic convention, the big dogs out on the campaign trail. tomorrow he's in orlando and the new york times report potential trips down the road to ohio, wisconsin, iowa, nevada and new hampshire. joanne reed is managing editor of rio.com. here's president obama paying tribute to his new best surrogate. >> pres
the white house off attending several events to mark the anniversary of 9/11, including a visit to pentagon and walter reed. >>> joe biden was in shanksville, pennsylvania, at the memorial for victims aboard flight 93. >>> breaking news. according to a report, an american at benghazi, libyan is dead after an attack by armed mob. so far this has not been confirmed by nbc news. back to "hardball ". >>> when congressman ryan looked into that tv camera and...
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i think there's a lot of budget smoke and mirrors in the pentagon's budget. it's not a true, honest and accurate budget. >> he said they did not give their true advice. we don't think the generals are giving us their true advice. we don't think they believe their budgets is right budget. here is the chairman of the chief of staff responded. he said there's a difference between having somebody say they don't believe what you said versus calling us collectively liars. my response is i stand by my testimony. this is a strategy driven process to which we mapped out the budget. romney campaign is looking for a new wagon to hitch their wagon to. they are having problems with the old line, the economy is bad, blame barack obama. mitt romney, trust me on foreign policy. that's their new plan. give it a go. you never know. i think this is a bad idea for them. joinening us now is david corn. he's author of the new book "showdown." was told the definitive story of how the last president sold the country a decade ago on why he thought it was great to invade iraq. thanks
i think there's a lot of budget smoke and mirrors in the pentagon's budget. it's not a true, honest and accurate budget. >> he said they did not give their true advice. we don't think the generals are giving us their true advice. we don't think they believe their budgets is right budget. here is the chairman of the chief of staff responded. he said there's a difference between having somebody say they don't believe what you said versus calling us collectively liars. my response is i stand...
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he used to talk about "those boys at the pentagon," i know them. >> he knew those boys at the pentagon. doris, here's a great example of lyndon johnson, the man you knew so well. lyndon johnson wouldn't go out holding press conferences talking act eisenhower. this segment is not going to be about ike, but it is -- we're just talking about presidents who rise and presidents who fall. eisenhower's on his way up by now. but you had, of course, lbj constantly drawing on johnson's -- on eisenhower's wisdom. >> and, you know, the great thing about eisenhower, too, was just that he was so popular among the people. that great song "i like ike, because ike is easy to like," no one else had such a good song. but lbj is rising, too, and i think it's about time that he does. he left under such a cloud, the scar in vietnam so, so painful at the time he left, and the combination now of some distance from the war, the recognition that what he accomplished domestically we cannot take for granted, three great civil rights laws, medicare, just the vibrancy in those tapes, all you have to do is listen an
he used to talk about "those boys at the pentagon," i know them. >> he knew those boys at the pentagon. doris, here's a great example of lyndon johnson, the man you knew so well. lyndon johnson wouldn't go out holding press conferences talking act eisenhower. this segment is not going to be about ike, but it is -- we're just talking about presidents who rise and presidents who fall. eisenhower's on his way up by now. but you had, of course, lbj constantly drawing on johnson's --...
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>> i think he's trying to build out the flank in the romney campaign that argues that these pentagon activities around the world are a way to look tough, presidential, pug ignatius and wrap the flag around it. interesting we just learned news mitt romney just hired john bolton's former spokesman in the u.n. as his spokesman on the campaign for national security issues. and you see a toughening ratcheting up of we need to be tough and president obama is weak by talking about leaving kind of stick. >> when you talk about that being a flank within the romney campaign, it was point of interest when he first announced who hiss for ren policy advisors would be and so many associated with the george w. bush administration and there were so many. he announced dozens of foreign policy advisors, do you think is there an internal dynamic in th romney campaign in being more hawkish and others doing the opposite. >> to be fair to romney, the day he gave the announcement of advisors, he gave a speech at the citadel, he laid out his strategic vision i thought was pretty in kuwait. john bolton's adv
>> i think he's trying to build out the flank in the romney campaign that argues that these pentagon activities around the world are a way to look tough, presidential, pug ignatius and wrap the flag around it. interesting we just learned news mitt romney just hired john bolton's former spokesman in the u.n. as his spokesman on the campaign for national security issues. and you see a toughening ratcheting up of we need to be tough and president obama is weak by talking about leaving kind...
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that $450 million is about what the pentagon spends every six hours. >> six hours. to be clear, mr. romney and mr. ryan's idea for the deficit to save the country from fiscal disaster and pay for the stuff they want to do that's really expensive, their plan is to eliminate six hour's worth of defense spending. one-fourth of one day's worth of defense spending. at the same time, to make overall defense spending go like this. because, you know, they are the numbers guys. math. measure the growth of chn by the way they clean themselves in the bathroom. try charmin ultra strong. with a new duraclean texture, it helps you get clean. plus it's four times stronger than the leading value brand. and you can use up to four times less. charmin ultra strong. [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. at unitedhealthcare insurance company, we understand that commitment. and always have. so does aarp, an organization serving the needs of americans 50 and over for generations. so it's no surpris
that $450 million is about what the pentagon spends every six hours. >> six hours. to be clear, mr. romney and mr. ryan's idea for the deficit to save the country from fiscal disaster and pay for the stuff they want to do that's really expensive, their plan is to eliminate six hour's worth of defense spending. one-fourth of one day's worth of defense spending. at the same time, to make overall defense spending go like this. because, you know, they are the numbers guys. math. measure the...
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the pentagon i have to say was fairly cooperative. there were different levels of competence when it came to specific public affairs officials. generally speaking, they were cooperative. but they want you to go through them and i didn't. i generally just found the troops on my own and they put me in touch with their fellow troops. it's interesting, when you were talking about the afghan soldiers, this something i haven't talked about in other interviews. one of the things that's interesting, as i went through the life of this one combat outpost from 2006 to when it's overrun in 2009, is the different levels of competence when it came to the afghan soldiers. unfortunately for the u.s. in that region, in regional command east, eastern afghanistan in 2009, it was one of the worst battalions of afghan soldiers ever. when it was attacked, when combat outpost keating was attacked, most of them ran away or hid or when through the american bar racks stealing ipods and computers. it's no surprise because actually a few months before at another
the pentagon i have to say was fairly cooperative. there were different levels of competence when it came to specific public affairs officials. generally speaking, they were cooperative. but they want you to go through them and i didn't. i generally just found the troops on my own and they put me in touch with their fellow troops. it's interesting, when you were talking about the afghan soldiers, this something i haven't talked about in other interviews. one of the things that's interesting, as...
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nobody wants to see and principlely those cuts in defense will be very, very onerous according to the pentagon and everybody else. do you think that this is a feint or what they need to do just because it takes a while to get these things in order? >> well, you know, i'll leave it to them to decide whether it's a feint but it's dangerous. the defense cuts are devastating, they shouldn't happen, and by the way, they'll be a domestic cuts of comparable quality. actually that's really the republican leverage in the debate, not the tax issue but the spending cuts if we dealt with the tax cuts for 98%, spending cuts would still be there, still have the leverage we need. but look, probably the white house is being prudent. but this is serious. there's a strong disagreement but in the end the two sides have been able to negotiate in the past, speaker boehner's very good negotiator, negotiating the extension of the bush tax cuts two years ago, budget deal in 2011, debt ceiling deal in august of 2011, all those things have led to prosperity or -- faster growth and less spending. i think we should conti
nobody wants to see and principlely those cuts in defense will be very, very onerous according to the pentagon and everybody else. do you think that this is a feint or what they need to do just because it takes a while to get these things in order? >> well, you know, i'll leave it to them to decide whether it's a feint but it's dangerous. the defense cuts are devastating, they shouldn't happen, and by the way, they'll be a domestic cuts of comparable quality. actually that's really the...
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the hidden part of it, if we can use that word, that the pentagon hadn't been reported, is that there were three nonfatal attacks, two in which case the victim was wounded, one where no one was hurt at all. i think, over the ten years of war, at least since 2007, when the pentagon started counting these attacks, there have been about 50 fatalities. so given the fact that there are, what, 340,000 afghan security personnel working in combat operations with americans and allied forces, that's a pretty low percentage. but still, very, very damaging. >> i want to -- let's bring willie in here. talking about year later after the death of bin laden, clearly a certain amount of political football that's being played. so some degree on both sides. i want to read a quote from the "wall street journal," this is the first time i know -- i can remember that the "wall street journal" is referencing ron burgundy and anchorman in context with national security, they say obama's ron burgundy campaign, they, the obama team have to assert if mitt romney heard the same intelligence and received the same
the hidden part of it, if we can use that word, that the pentagon hadn't been reported, is that there were three nonfatal attacks, two in which case the victim was wounded, one where no one was hurt at all. i think, over the ten years of war, at least since 2007, when the pentagon started counting these attacks, there have been about 50 fatalities. so given the fact that there are, what, 340,000 afghan security personnel working in combat operations with americans and allied forces, that's a...
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to put everything on the table and it has to be some entitlement reform and domestic discretionary, pentagon has to help but we must have that as part of the package. >> we thank god there is another alternative vision being promoted there p congressman welch from vermont, thank you so much, my friend. >> thank you. >>> stay with us. the dawe's top lines are coming up. >> eight years was awesome. and, you know, i was famous and i was powerful. >> i'm george w. bush and i approve this message. in fact, i think it is awesome. ♪ john is in the basement mixing up the medicine ♪ ♪ i'm on the pavement thinking about the government ♪ ♪ the man in the trench coat [ male announcer ] let's say you need to take care of legal matters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and combined it with modern technology. together you get quality services on your terms, with total customer support. legalzoom documents have been accepted in all 50 states, and they're backed b
to put everything on the table and it has to be some entitlement reform and domestic discretionary, pentagon has to help but we must have that as part of the package. >> we thank god there is another alternative vision being promoted there p congressman welch from vermont, thank you so much, my friend. >> thank you. >>> stay with us. the dawe's top lines are coming up. >> eight years was awesome. and, you know, i was famous and i was powerful. >> i'm george w....
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the pentagon understands. that when you look at what we need in afghanistan, it's not more soldiers, it's more the rest. >> that kay you can -- i'm sorry. >> i'm curious if you think the obama trajectory is aggressive enough. >> when you compare obama like romney, he looks like a peace snake. if you look at obama in terms, he wants to fight leaner wars, he wants a leaner military. drones are cheaper. is that what we want? what do ordinary americans want? most americans are sick of war. most want international cooperation. i agree with ann marie about diplomacy being important. in the past, u.s. diplomacy has been more of a sledgehammer than a velvet glove. >> we'll talk about that next. >> i think it's really important, when we look at obama and his trimming of the military budget, it's not going to lead to us fighting fewer wars, necessarily. it may mean fewer boots on the ground. it's great for americans not losing lives. it's not other lives not being lost. he wants to invest in drones. he's expanded it. th
the pentagon understands. that when you look at what we need in afghanistan, it's not more soldiers, it's more the rest. >> that kay you can -- i'm sorry. >> i'm curious if you think the obama trajectory is aggressive enough. >> when you compare obama like romney, he looks like a peace snake. if you look at obama in terms, he wants to fight leaner wars, he wants a leaner military. drones are cheaper. is that what we want? what do ordinary americans want? most americans are...